Peter Swales

Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Yes it was a great book by Jimmy Wagg - Ken recalls the time that Swales told him not to spend as much money on tea, milk and sugar as money was tight. He told Swales where to go....like how he was making tea for parents of future players that would save the club buying players or Swales would flog.... He told Swales instead to stop giving hangers on and his pals free alcoholic drinks in the chairman's lounge - people who contributed nothing to the club
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"Great" if you're into dull repetition and you have a casual disregard for spelling and grammar! Comfortably the worst City book I have ever had the misfortune to read.

As for Swales, I don't buy into this "he loved City" myth.

Peter Swales was a narcissist who loved himself and the prestige that went with his position.

One of the personal rewards of his chairmanship was that it opened doors at the FA and by virtue of being Chair of the International Committee it meant he was effectively the England manager's boss.
Nice work if you can get it and also why Brian Clough was never the England manager.

Anyone who went to any of the City AGMs in Swales' latter years will know how desperate he was to cling on to power, surrounded as he was by an impenetrable coterie of sycophants. Grim days.

And yes, that Charlton match in 1985... There were fans hanging off the stanchions and in the rafters of the Kippax, and yet it still wasn't a capacity crowd. Allegedly!
 
BTH said:
"Great" if you're into dull repetition and you have a casual disregard for spelling and grammar! Comfortably the worst City book I have ever had the misfortune to read.

As for Swales, I don't buy into this "he loved City" myth.

Peter Swales was a narcissist who loved himself and the prestige that went with his position.

One of the personal rewards of his chairmanship was that it opened doors at the FA and by virtue of being Chair of the International Committee it meant he was effectively the England manager's boss.
Nice work if you can get it and also why Brian Clough was never the England manager.

Anyone who went to any of the City AGMs in Swales' latter years will know how desperate he was to cling on to power, surrounded as he was by an impenetrable coterie of sycophants. Grim days.

And yes, that Charlton match in 1985... There were fans hanging off the stanchions and in the rafters of the Kippax, and yet it still wasn't a capacity crowd. Allegedly!
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Quite right Noel. I've even questioned if Swales was ever really a City fan at all, or just someone who saw an opportunity and nailed his colours to the mast.
 
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Carver said:
Swales was a fan who tried to run the club like a fan, rather than a business.
I would liken him to someone who goes to the races, loses the first race then tries to get his money back by taking a bigger gamble on the next race, which he loses, then repeats the same thing until it spirals out of control.
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Agreed. In addition he was a football manager manqu`e.
Edit. My favourite Swales quote was along the lines:
"So I found myself as chairman and wondered: 'what does a football chairman do?' "
 
BTH said:
"Great" if you're into dull repetition and you have a casual disregard for spelling and grammar! Comfortably the worst City book I have ever had the misfortune to read.

As for Swales, I don't buy into this "he loved City" myth.

Peter Swales was a narcissist who loved himself and the prestige that went with his position.

One of the personal rewards of his chairmanship was that it opened doors at the FA and by virtue of being Chair of the International Committee it meant he was effectively the England manager's boss.
Nice work if you can get it and also why Brian Clough was never the England manager.

Anyone who went to any of the City AGMs in Swales' latter years will know how desperate he was to cling on to power, surrounded as he was by an impenetrable coterie of sycophants. Grim days.

And yes, that Charlton match in 1985... There were fans hanging off the stanchions and in the rafters of the Kippax, and yet it still wasn't a capacity crowd. Allegedly!
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Time has not mellowed my views on Swales. For me he was a spiv who destroyed our football club. It took us decades to recover from his reign.
 
I Live In A Blue House said:
I will 2nd that Alex The Blue, However he did bleed BLUE BLOOD! O the days of Swales Out! It's all in the HISTORY books just like us becoming CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND in 2012 under the Shiek! (Take a Bow Sir)
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Swales wasn’t a City fan he saw the opportunity, which he was looking for, to get into pro football as the mediator between the City board and Joe Smith who was attempting a take over. Swales wormed his way in picking up shares in the club backed for some reason by Stephen Boler He bled the club dry using it as his expense account his mis-management was legendary, using his City shareholding as collateral for his person debt When he finally gave in the Franny consortium he feathered his own nest at the expense of the club and did his up most to sabotage the club due to feud with Lee He never attended another match despite having a number of executive seats.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
Time has not mellowed my views on Swales. For me he was a spiv who destroyed our football club. It took us decades to recover from his reign.
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White and Swales owned a successful TV Rental company in the 50s/60s. Sold the company to I think D.E.R. White choose to invest in Liverpool and became one of the most successful Chairmen in football. Swales chose City. Where did it all go wrong.
 
Where was Swales from? Was he a Manc. Before my time.

The first politics I knew was when David Bernstein was forced out.
 
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